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Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, a chaplain for the Port Authority, was the subject of sarcastic emails between Port Authority and Christie administration officials. / Press file photo

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Key new information in the texts between the governor’s former deputy chief of staff and David Wildstein, a Chris Christie ally and former executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, centered around their ridicule of a prominent central New Jersey rabbi and musings about whether traffic could be clogged in front of his home.

The unredacted versions of the documents, released Thursday by the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation, show a “juvenile, cavalier attitude” toward public service and the havoc the two caused, said panel Co-chairman John Wisniewski, a Middlesex County Democrat.

“It shows the mindset of people who enjoyed utilizing their positions for things that shouldn’t be talked about. Causing traffic jams in front of a rabbi’s home?

“They were very comfortable with their abuse of authority,” Wisniewski added.

The Aug. 19 string of messages between Wildstein and Bridget Anne Kelly includes a picture of Rabbi Mendy Carlebach with U.S. House Speaker John Boehner. Carlebach, of the Chabad of North and South Brunswick, also is a police chaplain for the port authority.

Kelly wrote of the picture: “I think this qualifies as some sort of stalking.”

Wildstein: “He is Jewish Cid Wilson.”

Kelly: “You are really so funny. He is. No Doubt.”

Wildstein: “And he has officially pissed me off.”

Kelly: “We cannot cause traffic problems in front of his house, can we?

Wildstein: “Flights to Tel Aviv mysteriously delayed.”

Kelly: “Perfect.”

Wilson, a politically active Democrat in Bergen County and an equities analyst, also had a connection with Wildstein. He was the subject of a headline on a Oct. 21, 2009, PolitickerNJ website story about New York Giants team members expected to attend a fundraiser for a Passaic County freeholder.

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The headline read, “It’s a perfect chance for Cid Wilson to start a new photo album: ‘me with famous football players.’ ” The byline on the story is Wally Edge, Wildstein’s pseudonym when he ran the website.

Wilson’s Facebook page includes pictures of him with community leaders, political figures and other prominent people. Wilson responded on the site to Wildstein’s remark:

“As you can imagine, I am deeply shocked and appalled to learn that Bridgegate perpetrator David Wildstein made reference to me in new emails that were released last night,” he wrote.

“I have never met David Wildstein nor have I ever met Bridget Ann Kelly. I’m disturbed, dismayed, and appalled that David Wildstein used my name in a negative way.”

He called Wildstein “deeply disturbed.”

The new exchanges shed more light on the interaction between Wildstein and Kelly in the weeks leading up to the September lane closures in Fort Lee.

According to the redacted copies, released in early January, Kelly wrote to Wildstein on Aug. 13: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”

“Got it,” responded Wildstein.

That exchange was the first hard evidence the decision to close the lanes — which caused massive traffic jams over four days — reached the governor’s office.

Christie previously had said his administration had nothing to do with the decision. In a two-hour press conference on Jan. 9, Christie said he was misled and fired Kelly.

The governor maintains he had no prior knowledge of the lane closures. Speculation swirled early in the scandal that it amounted to political payback against Democratic Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, who failed to endorse Christie’s re-election bid as other Democratic mayors around the state had done.

Zegas told the Assembly Transportation Committee the documents were redacted because those sections fell outside the bounds of the subpoena to Wildstein.

The redactions that remain “were appropriate because the material was outside of the subject matter or date range requested,” according to a statement from Wisniewski and his fellow co-chair, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen.

Wildstein appeared before the Transportation Committee on Jan. 9.

Wisniewski said the references to Carlebach were more evidence of Kelly’s and Wildstein’s problematic approach to public service.

“There are no new emails but what it does show is a juvenile, cavalier attitude toward their official responsibilities and joking about the power they had to create traffic and delay flights,” Wisniewski said.

Carlebach did not return repeated calls for comment but did release a statement Thursday.

“As a Chabad Rabbi, I have served the people of our great state in times of need and otherwise for more than a decade. In this capacity, I have worked with a number of governors and their administrations. My work has always been apolitical and I have no knowledge nor understanding of why my name was mentioned in these exchanges”